Mural Artist (above): Michael J. McBride.
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CFMT’s Give Black, Give Back Awards Grants to Four Black-led Nonprofits
Give Black, Give Back, an initiative of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, announces grants to four area Black-led nonprofit ...
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Give Black, Give Back Sets Series Of Virtual Panels During Black Philanthropy Month
August has become a special month at The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee. After all, the organization’s Give Black, Give ...
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Dr. Jayme Coleman Williams Remembered for Commitment to Community
Former Board Member Dr. Jayme Coleman Williams Remembered for Commitment to Students, Church, Activism Dr. Jayme Coleman Williams, a renowned ...
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Give Black, Give Back Celebrates Black Philanthropy Month 2021
Give Black, Give Back, an initiative of The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT), will celebrate Black Philanthropy Month in ...
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Inaugural Give Black, Give Back Changemakers Grants Support Nashville’s HBCUs
Metro Government Proclaims Aug. 13 as Give Black, Give Back Day during Black Philanthropy MonthGive Black, Give Back, an initiative ...
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Tennessee Black History Snapshots: Josephine Groves Holloway
Give Black, Give Back at CFMT is proud to partner with the Tennessee State Museum and to share Tennessee Black ...
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Tennessee Black History Snapshots: James C. Napier
Give Black, Give Back at CFMT is proud to partner with the Tennessee State Museum and to share Tennessee Black ...
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Many Generations in the Making, Change We Seek Fund Remains Very Much a Family Affair
"Make sure you pay yourself first." Such sage wisdom, from a long-passed family matriarch known as Aunt Essie, has served ...
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Nashe Family: Second Chances Through Education
Born in 1974 in Cleveland, Ohio, Dr. Turner Nashe, Jr., grew up in a single-parent household in a city which ...
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Local Nonprofit Pink Christmas Pushes on Despite Pandemic
This story is a part of the Give Black, Give Back Story Series.In past years, Felicia Pratt would be dreaming ...
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The Fisk Jubilee Singers: A Call to Action
Fisk Jubilee Singers, circa 1870s. In the photo from left: Minnie Tate, Greene Evans, Isaac Dickerson, Jennie Jackson, Maggie Porter, ...
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100 Years Later, Tennessee Celebrates Turning Point of Hard Battle for Women’s Right to Vote
Pictured above: Sculptor Alan LeQuire's Tennessee Women's Suffrage Monument overlooks the Parthenon in Centennial Park. It was dedicated in 2016 ...
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New Downtown Park Honors Black Suffragist Frankie Pierce
The newest green space in Downtown Nashville’s trendy district known as The Gulch is named after one of its most ...
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett and the Fight for Equality and Justice
Demonstrators hoist an Ida B. Wells Plaza sign in front of the Tennessee State Capitol building/Alex Kent photo courtesy of ...
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A Mission for the Matthews is Making a Difference in Their Communities
The Community Foundation’s Heart of Nashville series revisits stories of donors and active community residents who have stepped up to ...
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Celebrating Black Philanthropy | BPM2020
Official Black Philanthropy Month poster illustrated by artist Yétundé Olagbaju Can We Hear an Amen? Black Giving Continues to Emanate ...
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A Family’s Long Legacy of Philanthropy Continues at R.H. Boyd Publishing Corp.
Fitting that Nashville’s soon-to-be newest icon to cultural diversity, downtown's long-awaited National Museum of African American Music, owes a big ...
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Citizens Savings Bank and Trust Has Been a ‘Steadfast Anchor’ to Black Nashville
The Morris Memorial Building, built in the 1920s for the National Baptist Convention’s Sunday School Publishing Board, housed Citizens Bank ...
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Black Lives Matter
For many of us, we have been working for years to solve the challenge of racism in this community.One of ...
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Scholarship honors the ‘Jackie Robinson of Journalism’
Pictured Above: Dr. Kevin Churchwell and Gloria Respress-Churchwell stand proudly in front of Robert Churchwell Sr.'s trench coat, fedora, and ...
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Bridge to Equality: Honoring Gail and David Williams II
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to honor civic and community leaders the late David Williams II and wife Gail ...
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Collective Philanthropy
The Community Foundation’s Heart of Nashville series revisits stories of donors and active community residents who have stepped up to ...
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Celebrate Seven Trailblazing Women of Wonder
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee celebrates seven trailblazing Women of Wonder as 2019 Joe Kraft Humanitarian Award RecipientsLongtime activists ...
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Black Philanthropy Month
“If you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.” -Toni MorrisonThe Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee ...
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Heart of Nashville: Mohamed Shukri-Hassan
The Community Foundation’s Heart of Nashville series revisits stories of donors and active community residents who have stepped up to ...
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Chris & Linda Hope Honor Roots Through Outreach
The Community Foundation’s Heart of Nashville series revisits stories of donors and active community residents who have stepped up to ...
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Honoring a Legendary Coach: Ed Temple
Coach Ed Temple was a legend, the embodiment of perseverance, determination, and success both in Nashville and across our country ...
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Judges Wiseman, Dinkins to be honored at Bridge to Equality Luncheon
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to recognize trailblazing Metro Schools desegregation efforts and civic leadership of retired Judge Thomas ...
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Charles Story Honors His Father’s Legacy
The Power of Words Helps Charles Story Honor His Father's Legacy“Growing up, we were not to touch the newspaper until ...
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Desegregation Efforts Recognized at Bridge to Equality
Judges Wiseman, Dinkins honored at The Community Foundation’s 3rd Annual Bridge to Equality Fund LuncheonThe Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee ...
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